Ethics Conference 2008

Junior President’s, Networks and Gongaware Scholars at Indiana State University hosted the third annual Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility Conference April 1 in Hulman Memorial Student Union.

The conference covered important and current topics in today’s business world. Topics were chosen from contemporary business magazine articles and from ISU business professors’ input on present ethical issues in today’s workforce. This year’s event covered topics from workplace discrimination and outsourcing to corporate wellness and consumer privacy, as well as the business world’s recent topic of product recalls.

Keynote speaker for this year’s event was Odell Guyton, director of compliance at Microsoft Corp. Guyton is a compliance and ethics professional who possesses many years of varied experience in corporate matters. His legal experience involves complex litigation matters and investigation in the areas of white collar criminal prosecution and defense, financial fraud and abuse, tax fraud, anti-corruption, anti-bribery and money laundering.